f₁(1285) Meson Production With GlueX

The GlueX experiment at Jefferson Lab, in its search for exotic and hybrid mesons, has accumulated the world's largest meson photoproduction dataset. We present preliminary cross-section measurements for photoproduction of the f₁(1285) meson at GlueX in the reactions γp → K_sK⁺π^- and γp → K_sK^-π⁺ at beam energies between 6 and 11 GeV. The 12 GeV upgrade of CEBAF has allowed us to extend cross-section measurements of f₁(1285) to higher photon energies than previously measured. Our measurement seeks to validate different theoretical predictions for the photoproduction cross-section of the f₁(1285) meson to better understand the mechanism of production of this and other 1⁺⁺ resonances. Furthermore, many of the potential exotic mesons of interest to GlueX are expected to decay in channels which include the f1(1285), like π₁ → f₁π, so studying this meson sets the foundation for those more complicated studies.